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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS PROVIDENCE, SC. SUPERIOR COURT

(FILED: January 23, 2013)

MARY LOU DAURAY

: : vs. : : ESTATE OF GABRIELLE D. MEE (a/k/a : Gabrielle Malvina Mee), et al. : : : MARY LOU DAURAY, an heir-at-law of : GABRIELLE D. MEE, and on behalf of the : ESTATE OF GABRIELLE D. MEE : : vs. : : THE LEGION OF CHRIST OF NORTH : AMERICA, INC., OCEAN PASTORAL : CENTER, INC. d/b/a THE LEGION OF : CHRIST (RI) INCORPORATED, THE : LEGION OF CHRIST, INCORPORATED, : LEGION OF CHRIST INCORPORATED, : MATER ECCLESIAE, INC. (MOTHER OF : THE CHURCH, INC.), HOMBRE NUEVO : (RI), INC. (NEW MAN (RI) INC.), : OVERBROOK, INCORPORATED, : PASTORAL SUPPORT SERVICES INC., : LEGIONS OF CHRIST, LEGION OF CHRIST : AND CONSECRATED REGNUM CHRISTI : MEMBERS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, : LEGION OF CHRIST COLLEGE, INC., FR. : ANTHONY BANNON, LC, Individually and as : Responsible Officer for other Defendants, and : XYZ CORPORATION, or other entities not : known at this time : : : MARY LOU DAURAY, an heir-at-law of : GABRIELLE D. MEE, and on behalf of the : ESTATE OF GABRIELLE D. MEE :

C.A. No. PB 10-1195

C.A. No. PC 11-2640

: vs. : : BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as successor-in: interest by merger or otherwise to FLEET : NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee of the Timothy : J. Mee Foundation Trust and the Timothy J. : Mee Charitable Trust, and as co-trustee of the : Gabrielle D. Mee Trust, THE LEGION OF : CHRIST OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., : OCEAN PASTORAL CENTER, INC. d/b/a : THE LEGION OF CHRIST (RI) : INCORPORATED, THE LEGION OF : CHRIST, INCORPORATED, LEGION OF : CHRIST INCORPORATED, MATER : ECCLESIAE, INC. (MOTHER OF THE : CHURCH, INC.), HOMBRE NUEVO (RI), : INC. (NEW MAN (RI) INC.), OVERBROOK, : INCORPORATED, PASTORAL SUPPORT : SERVICES INC., LEGIONS OF CHRIST, : LEGION OF CHRIST AND CONSECRATED : REGNUM CHRISTI MEMBERS : ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, LEGION OF : CHRIST COLLEGE, INC., FR. ANTHONY : BANNON, LC, Individually and as Responsible : Officer for other Defendants, and XYZ : CORPORATION, or other entities not known at : this time. : DECISION

C.A. No. PC 11-2757

SILVERSTEIN, J. Before the Court are three motions relating to a Protective Order that seals discovery documents in the three above-captioned cases. Plaintiff/Appellant Mary Lou Dauray (Ms. Dauray, or Plaintiff) filed a Motion to Lift Protective Order with respect to pleadings and other documents filed in [in all three cases]. The Associated Press, Providence Journal Company, New York Times Company, and National Catholic Reporter (collectively, Media Entities or Intervenors) filed a Motion to Intervene for the limited purpose of challenging the enforcement of the Protective Order. The Media Entities also filed a separate Motion to Vacate the Sealing Order. The Defendants have opposed all of these motions.

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I Facts and Travel This Court engaged in an extensive factual discussion in its Decision on the Defendants` Motion for Summary Judgment (the Decision). See Dauray v. Estate of Gabrielle D. Mee, et al., C.A. No. PB-10-1195, 2012 WL 4043292 (R.I. Super. Ct. Sept. 7, 2012) (Silverstein, J.). Repetition of those facts is not necessary here. The significant events that have occurred since the Decision involve procedure. On September 18, 2012, Ms. Dauray filed a Motion to Vacate a Protective Order (the Order) that the probate court entered on September 16, 2009. The Order granted the Legion Entities` request, prohibiting the information produced solely in connection with this litigation and preventing it from being disclosed to any third person not a party to this litigation. (Pl.`s Suppl. Mem. Supp. Pl.`s Mo. to Lift Protective Order, Ex. 1, Sept. 16, 2009 Decision,

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